The navy would kick seven shades of sh*t out of anyone they caught doing this. It's a shame they can't monitor all the wrecks, although I did hear talk of mounting UW video cameras on some of the most important ones with the help of the RN dive teams a while back. I've no idea if they ever did it. Not sure how useful such a move would be as you'd be heavily dependent on visibility at any given time. Mind you, so are the salvage crews...
There was an article in Warships IFR a while back about some Indonesian firm trying to get near Prince Of Wales and Renown. They were chased off by HMS Grantham (IIRC?) who just happened to be nearby.
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